Allen Aylett

Allen James Aylett OBE (born 24 April 1934) is a former Australian rules football player and administrator. He was the chairman/president of the North Melbourne Football Club during the 1970s (1971–1976) and then again from 2001–2005. In between, he had been the chairman of the then Victorian Football League (VFL) which is now known as the Australian Football League from 1977 to 1984.

It was as an Australian rules football rover that Aylett first made his mark. Aylett played 220 games and kicked 311 goals in a career spanning 1952–1964. He won North Melbourne's best and fairest award from 1958–1960, was All-Australian in 1958 and 1961, won the Tassie Medal in 1958, won the Simpson Medal in 1960, and was captain of his side from 1961–1964. He was selected in the North Melbourne Football Club's Team of the Century.

Aylett also had a brief cricketing career that he never fully pursued due to his interest in Australian rules football. He still played 11 first-class matches in the 1950s for domestic cricket side Victoria as a batsman, but was not successful, finishing with a poor batting average of just 16. He played district cricket for Carlton (two seasons) and University (six seasons), averaging 27.